Is This the Most Mortifying Moment in Classroom History?

Voicemail: [00:00:00] He was in class and he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing, and I literally said, could you, I wanted to say, I wanted to say, could you please stop jacking around?

Theme: The classroom. 

Andrea: Hey, teacher Festy. Welcome to How to Survive the Classroom. It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for me. So last episode I talked to you guys about my Kansas City show and how all of that went and it was amazing and I felt so famous and so cool. I was like, I am, am I. Am I amazing and just so famous now and then.

I took that same act and I went to New York. Um, so I, I got contacted by SUNY New York, I think I said CUNY, which is incorrect. You guys, it was suny, which is SUNY, and it's in Corning. So if you've ever had like those Corning [00:01:00] glassware, um, or Corre and all of that, I think. I don't know if Corals, but I think corn glassware all used to come from Corning, New York, which is this really rural area, about two hours away from Rochester, hour and a half from Rochester, which is where I landed.

And I was already really excited about this. I don't know if I mentioned how excited I was, because that is where Wegman's Food Markets is from. And I know I've talked before that Wegmans is where I kind of got my start in teaching because I was hired at a Wegmans and I started. Training all of the cashiers, and that was really what led to my eventual start in teaching.

And so I was so excited about getting to go to a Wegmans, like so excited. So I had to leave. Um, I woke up at 3:00 AM my flight left at. 6:00 AM from Indianapolis. I about an hour away, so I woke up at 3:00 AM got to the airport, parked, all of that stuff. Everything went great. There was a layover. Um, and so I was very nervous.

Normally if I'm gonna do a show or something like that, I try and come the night before. Um, but it was a weekday [00:02:00] and it's really hard because, you know, we're, we're juggling kids. And so I'm like, okay, it's fine. I can just go day of. Give myself a little bit of, you know, flexibility as far as timing. So everything went great.

I landed, I immediately went to Wegmans, like left the airport and drove directly to Wegmans and got a baguette. And they have this triple cream brie at Wegmans that is a spiritual experience. Um, and Wegmans is like one of those places that the, the price of everything is pretty low and they've got a ton of name like Wegmans brand stuff, um, that is phenomenal.

And I just sat in the car. After I landed with, I think I got like four hours of sleep the night before and I just sat in my car drinking a red Bull and eating brie and a baguette, and it was amazing. If you live near Wegman's, please go do that for me because I miss that so, so much. Um. But all of that went amazing.

And then I had to drive from Rochester down to Corning. Um, beautiful. By the way, if you [00:03:00] guys haven't ever been to upstate New York, it is absolutely stunning. Very hilly, very green, um, to SUNY for my, my event. And so I get there and essentially what this event was, was like a hyped. Appreciation event for teachers.

So it was a lot of new teachers, it was a lot of like future teachers, um, and everyone was there to just like celebrate teaching and to get free stuff and all of that. And it started at. Four 30 and then I didn't come on. It started at three 30. It started at three 30, and then I didn't come on until seven.

So when people arrived there, they had like therapy dogs and they had a bunch of like credit unions and different things like that, just giving up free swag. They also had like, um, you could get like tinsel put in your hair. It was such a cool event and I so appreciated this community college doing this to kind of like hype up teachers and be like, Hey, like this is, it's really cool to be a teacher and all of that, right?

And. After about, I would say the first three hours, right around 6 30, 6 15 ish, I noticed that some of [00:04:00] the. Vendors started to leave and I was like, 

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Andrea: And then the girl who brought me in started to like make announcements and they were doing like raffle giveaways and stuff like that. And she's like, and don't leave 'cause the comedian's here and she's gonna do a really funny like set and blah blah blah.

And I'm just sitting there kind of hanging out. No one is there like specifically for me. And that should have been my first note of like, okay, if no one is here for me. Then it's not going to feel like a feature comedy show, um, where people are literally there for me, already get my humor, already like my humor, and are there because they like my humor, right?

All of these teachers are there. Because they wanted free stuff and then they were like, oh, I guess there's a comedian that's coming. Um, I also found out almost immediately, so I like finally the event comes, she says like five times, please don't leave. The comedian's gonna do her thing. 'cause like 200 people came through, I think like 50 people probably stayed for the comedy, which is great, honestly.

Um, but it starts and I immediately am like, okay guys, like [00:05:00] so excited to be here today. Um. How many of you guys like, and I, you know, I was trying to like stay with the theme of like, teaching is fun and you know, hype everybody up. And I'm like, okay, teaching is super fun. How many of you guys, by the way, are still in school and haven't started summer yet?

Every single one of them raise their hand because they don't start summer break until like, I wanna say like early July. So these teachers are in their last month of teaching. Many of them have now been at this event for three hours. And then I was like, how many elementary teachers do we have? Almost everyone raises their hands.

And I'm like, crap. Because elementary teachers are sweet, precious angels, and I am dead inside. And so some of my jokes land differently with elementary teachers especially because almost all of the teachers that were there were there because they are new teachers. Um, they're fresh and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and they're gonna change the world.

And. They, um, [00:06:00] and, and like my, my key demographic, you know, obviously I want to be speaking and advocating for all teachers, but I absolutely think that my, my core niche is like teachers who have been through some things, right? And so I was like, oh, okay, great. That's awesome. So glad you guys are here. Um, and so like, I did the same stories and jokes and it's so weird because as you guys know, like.

If you've been listening to the podcast, especially from the beginning of this, I've been hesitant to do comedy because at some point you're gonna tell a joke and no one's gonna laugh. And that's a horrible feeling. Right. Um, and there were several times in this set where like I would. Get to the point where people laughed when I was in Kansas City and Topeka and no one laughed.

And I was like, oh, silence is really loud right now. Um, and it still went really well. Like I honestly, I had I think like a couple of things that didn't land, but I had a ton of jokes that really landed really well. Um, but it is so weird when you're doing these kind of sets because you have these people that are there and [00:07:00] teachers often are.

The hardest critics, especially if we are at a mandatory thing. So thank God this wasn't mandatory for anyone, but like there were definitely a couple of people that were there just staring at me like, I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna laugh. You literally cannot make me laugh. Um, and there were a couple of people that clearly really liked it and one of the people who clearly really liked it, I am so excited about because it was one of the patrons.

Um, so if you guys aren't a part of the Patreon, you should be. Um, we do our lives once a month and we read a book together and we just vibe and hang out. Um, and one of the patrons had messaged me on Instagram was like, Hey. What are you doing? A show in New York and I was like, actually, I will be in New York.

It's a free show. Um, and it's a bunch of free stuff for teachers. And so I did get to see Zach. So Zach, thank you again so much for coming out and, um, being a friendly face in the audience. It was really, really fun. And it's also weird because obviously with the patron page, like I don't see people's faces and so he came up, he's like, Hey, I [00:08:00] think you invited me.

I was like, yes, I did. Are you Zach? And I, you know, it was so cool getting to see him and chat with him a little bit. Um. So, yeah, thank you so much to our wonderful patrons and in particular Patron, Zach. Um, 'cause I got to see you in real life and very soon from when this is, uh, this episode is dropping, I think I'm also going to see Patron Brie because she said she's gonna come to the Philadelphia show, which is awesome.

Um, so yeah, it's just, it was one of those like both humbling experiences, but also one of those experiences that I'm really, really glad that I had because I feel like it's kind of, it's, it's par for the course when you get into comedy that like. Sometimes it's the jokes and sometimes it is in fact the vibes.

Like so much more depends on the vibes with comedy than I anticipated. I always thought like, no, if you tell good jokes, like people are going to laugh. Um, and that's true to some extent, but there's also the element of like, some people just aren't gonna get you and you can't control whether or not those people are in the audience, you know?[00:09:00] 

Um, and when you tell jokes on the internet. Like the people who don't like my jokes scroll right. And so I never have to see their face when it doesn't land. Um, so yeah, we're learning a lot of things this summer. A lot of things, a lot of learning is happening. Um, but the shows that I am, like the headliner and stuff like that, have been absolutely insane.

So much fun. I've gotten to see and chat with so many people. Um, and I've got a bunch of new shows that I'm adding this summer, which is very, very exciting. So if you are wanting to see me, um, and you are in the Pacific Northwest, I'm gonna have a couple shows. Um, and in. And Philadelphia and a couple other places.

So you guys can always check on educator andrea.com/tickets for all of that. Alright, now, um, first of all, before I move on, I wanna make sure that you guys know that if you have not sent in. Your own story of the insane thing that happened in your class. Because here's [00:10:00] the thing is we all have them. Like we all have the most outrageous things that have happened in our classroom.

Um, now's the time. You can go onto our website, podcaster andrea.com, and there's a voicemail button. So hit that voicemail button so that way we can get your insane story. Um, and do it now before you forget. Because I feel like it's a tragedy when we have these wild things and then we completely forget for like years, and then we're like, wait.

No, that did happen. And it usually happens when we're hanging out with like either former students or other teachers and all of that. So keep a little notebook and keep track of all the wild things that your students are doing. Um, and on that note, let's go ahead and listen to the first voice memo that was sent to us this week.

Oh Lord. I was a first 

Voicemail: year teacher. I had a kid in my classroom. Um, the kids loved me and I was loving on them and started nicknaming my kids critters from that point forward. Um, and this guy, his name was Ashton, and, uh, he's grown up and engaged. Now it's great [00:11:00] to see him being so successful, um, great athlete, but he was getting himself into a hot mess all the time.

By accident. One day I called him Aston, which was so fitting honestly as an eighth grader. But the big kicker came right after I was named New Educator of the Year. He was in class, and I loved this class. They were so precious. He was in class that he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing. And I literally said, could you, I wanted to say, I wanted to say, could you please stop jacking around?

I said. Would you please stop jacking off? And the whole class of eighth graders literally just stopped, just looked at me knowing full well that I did not mean to say that. And when I, he just smiled and buried his head. I was beat [00:12:00] red and the rest of the class started bust out laughing and I just said, oh my gosh.

I did not mean to say that. And they were, we know. We know know. You didn't mean to say that. Oh my gosh. I was so embarrassed. Been. A million moments like that since then, but that was the one that stands out most. So embarrassing. 

Andrea: Oh my gosh. As soon as you said what you meant to say, I knew what you accidentally said.

It's so hard because you are literally talking to 30 ish, 40 ish kids all day, every day you have a million different things, a million decisions you're making, and then all of a sudden you, you mix up one word. And that's, that's all it takes. It's so bad. I used to try so hard to like avoid specific words, which is difficult because in each of like the specialties, I feel like there's specific terms that you have to use.

Right. And for an English teacher, I always had to use the word climax when we were talking about story structure. And so we would [00:13:00] talk about it and I would be like, okay, you know, like you want the point like. Even as I say it now, like you're talking about like the moment of conflict is finally resolved, is how I would try and say it, but as you're discussing it, you're like, you know, do you feel like all this pressure is building up?

Do you feel like the tension that's happening here and then the moment of. The climax of the story and like there's no way, especially when you're speaking to middle and high schoolers, to not accidentally say some things. Um, and it's so difficult because I am the worst about this big shocker, right? I'm the worst and I'm trying so hard not to say things that are inappropriate and all of that, but like sometimes.

You think it's inappropriate even when they haven't caught on? I've had that happen a couple times where I heard it and maybe one other kid heard it and like, if we make eye contact, I'm done. And so I can, I might see like make say [00:14:00] something like, okay, and then it's gonna be so great when we get to the climax, for example.

And then I'll, I would see one kid like. Kind of like duck his head. And then I would be like, can't look at that kid. And I would have to push on. So whenever you have those moments, you just gotta keep going. So that way you don't even leave air in the room to, to let that moment breathe. You just keep, keep running through.

And that way a lot of times it helps. Um, but not always, let's be honest. There's definitely been some times where I'm like, crap. Um. And I had one of those moments recently I have been working with, see again, there's no, it's like, it's this part of me of being a teacher for so long. Um, you know how when you are filling ceiling, the crevices around windows and windowsills and like, like the, the kick, the, what are they called?

Like the kickboards on the ground and all of that, um, you seal it with, with. [00:15:00] C-A-U-L-K, which is pronounced. Um, and it's so funny because I, I also shared this online, so if you already saw that, like, you know where this is headed, but like, the amount of people that were like, no, it's lk, you don't, it's like, I Googled it, like it's, it's caulk and I, while I was working on it, like I ended up getting a bunch of it in my hair and it's white.

And so I would have like, and it was like right at the front of my hair. 'cause obviously my hair would like fall forward and it would like get on, like get on it. And so I had like. As the school year was wrapping up, I was doing final visits with all of these different students and teachers and stuff.

And so I had like a middle schooler, um, ask me like, what, what's in your hair? And I was like, oh, dang it. Yeah, I've been doing like a bunch of caulking around the house. And they're like, what? And I was like, you know, like getting in the corners and the crevices and getting, getting the cock in there.

It's so unfortunate. And like the look on their faces like. [00:16:00] Is this woman for real right now? And like I just kept going until they kinda looked at each other and I realized then what I had said. And I'm like, oh, no, no, no, no. That's not what I meant. That's. That's not what I meant. Um, so we've all been there.

I feel like every teacher has accidentally said something and some teachers are mature and are just like, I'm not going to acknowledge that there is a possible double meaning to what I just said. I have never been that teacher. I have always been the teacher that is going to absolutely start laughing because I am not mature enough to, not unfortunately for me or fortunately, you know, what are we doing if we don't have a little spice in our lives?

Um. Unintentional Spice Girls reference. On that note, let's listen to the second voice memo that was sent in. Hey, Andrea 

Voicemail: Alexa here, fellow English teacher. I don't even know if you're ready for this. Are you ready for this? Okay, so two years ago I had an anonymous student on our Google [00:17:00] Classroom share in Spanish that he was going to shoot my white ass.

Okay? Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Days. He's posting it every single day. I don't know who it is. All I know is that it was the worst Spanish. Ever, and I'm not even bilingual. This was Google translator. Then he stepped it up a notch and he said like, this is your final warning. You come to school tomorrow, I'm gonna shoot you and your whole family.

Oh my God. The only person who's doing anything about it is myself. When I tell you I put my heart, soul, blood into tracking the student down, I did time away from my husband, my 4-year-old, my 6-year-old. I figure out who it is, a hundred thousand percent. I found him. Sweat blood tears. Found him, confronted him.

He denies it to my face, gets caught. I have the evidence. All that hard work paid off. And here's where it got me. They suspended him outta school suspension for six days. That's it. He threatened my life. Called me a white bitch, [00:18:00] said he would shoot my family, and he got six days of outta school suspension.

Andrea: That is insane. That is absolutely insane. And that like, I feel like those are the stories that we hear that are like the stories that later then we find out that that kid ends up doing something violent and everyone's like, yeah, we had no idea. And it's like. Literally every single teacher was like, this kid is gonna be a problem.

And there's still a weapon at home. The weapon is still unsecured and all of that. Um, I know more recently I remember reading a couple of articles about the parents of the kids who have, you know, gone and committed violent acts at schools or different events like that. The parents are starting to face some consequences for that.

Um, and you know, how, how do you. How do you not have your weapons secured? Like, and how do you also not know that your kid is in such a dark place? Like I, I just, I try and have empathy because I haven't walked [00:19:00] in those shoes. Um, but it is actually so easy to keep a weapon like completely secured. Like if you are someone who feels the need to have a weapon in your home and all of that, like, then you should also be a person who feels the need to have it secured.

And you can get safes and different types of safes that you can like. Keep under your bed and hit like three little codes and then it'll pop out and make it easily accessible still even probably faster than putting it in your nightstand and all of that kind of stuff. I just, I have so little empathy for people who have weapons that are unsecured and that are like, I can't believe that my teenager got into it.

It's like, are you dumb? You're dumb. Got it. Just say you're dumb. Just say you're dumb. Unfortunately, being dumb is not a legal defense though, so you're gonna go to jail. Um, I just, hmm. Um, it's interesting also, and a little racist that they chose to do it in Spanish. I'm assuming that they were just trying to like, like throw you off their track.

Um. [00:20:00] It's interesting because, uh, speaking of Spanish and racism, I was accused of racism this week. I, um, which is always deeply upsetting to me, um, as, as it should be, right? Um, I posted a video talking about my San Diego show, which as I'm recording this is just. A couple days away and I basically said like, okay guys, super excited about my trip to California.

You know, as a San Diego teacher, should I first go to In-N-Out or should I go find a Mexican restaurant with like a C rating? Right? Because everyone knows if you are from San Diego, if you are from Southern California, like, you know. The, the dicier, the restaurant in general, the better the food is gonna be.

Right? Like, if you're gonna go and find really authentic food and all of that, like, it's gonna like it. I don't, I don't need it to look pretty on the outside. I don't need a single word on your entire menu to be in English. I will point, right? Like that is just the vibe. And if you are from Southern California, you [00:21:00] know this.

Um, and I had some people comment and this I think is more symptomatic of like. What people are feeling right now and the energy of the culture right now is that there was one person, I think on Facebook and one person on TikTok that was like, why did it have to be a C rated restaurant? Are you trying to say that Mexicans are dirty?

And I was like. What? Like No, absolutely not. And I clarified and like commented back and was like, no. It's like if you're from San Diego, you know that like the cleaner, the restaurant, the worst, the food a lot of times and absolutely nothing to do with any of that. And that a lot of times the super fancied up restaurants are tourist restaurants.

If you wanted to go to a local one, then they're not going to be like the fancy ones in Old Town San Diego. Um. You know, nobody who commented that is from Southern California. Um, 'cause I went of course and like looked at their, their pages and stuff like that. And I, [00:22:00] and it automatically, anytime somebody questions something like that, I like really try and reflect and stuff, um, about it.

But it, it bummed me out that that's kind of where people assume. A comment like, oh, where's a really good restaurant that I should go to? You know, which one should I hit first? And the assumption is that like, potentially it's like a microaggression or it's something else like that. And that really made me sad.

And one person said like, oh, you've probably never worked with Mexican students before. Which like, bro, um, again, I taught in San Diego for six of my nine years, and that is a population that has a very large Latino population. Um. And I always, you know, I I, most of my career I worked with a lot of Latino students and so it also offended me that they made a comment like that and made the assumption that like, I wouldn't have worked with them and that I wouldn't have loved on them in the same way I loved on all of my [00:23:00] students.

So, you know, being a teacher and having empathy and the fact that I, I've talked about it on here before, that I have. In particular, um, a, a real sensitivity with all of the ice stuff that's going on, because I've had a student who, um, she's a citizen, but her father was not, and ICE rated her house during COVID and like during the pandemic, she missed a class and she'd been working so, so hard.

She missed a class and then she asked me to like, meet with her. And then it turned out that, um, she was in transition between her house that she had been living with her dad and her older sister's house because ICE had raided and deported her father. And regardless of how you feel about immigration, like this girl is a citizen and it's not her fault and she's facing this trauma.

Um, and me as the teacher. Trying to provide whatever educational opportunities I can for my student and all of that. And so I, I [00:24:00] do feel a real connection to the San Diego community and all of the stuff that's going on there. So for someone to like make an accusation like that, like made me really.

Really sad actually. Um, and yeah, and like unrelated to this, weirdly, like la Latino culture and Spanish and all that has come up kind of a lot this week. Um, because I also got a delivery this week and the guy who delivered it, uh, he, I was like, oh, don't, like, I don't need it set up because, uh, we're about to move.

It was just a table and the, the delivery guy was supposed to set it up and I was like, oh, actually I don't need it set up because we're moving so we can just leave it in the box. And he's like. I don't speak English. And I was like, oh. And then it made me really mad that I didn't speak Spanish. I was like, Espanol.

And he's like, oh, si. And I was like, oh, I don't actually, I don't know why I said Espanol, like I speak Spanish. So I downloaded Duolingo and I'm working on my Spanish right now too. Um, because I grew up in San Diego and I was such a snot in high school and I was like, I never need to know this. [00:25:00] Girl, you live an hour from the border, who are you?

So I've been really working on my Spanish as well, um, because I really, really wanna know Spanish. I want to be able to travel. I speak some German, um, but I really wanna be able to speak Spanish as well. So that's one of my goals this year, guys. Uh, so if you are one of my bilingual listeners and you wanna quiz me on my Spanish, put me on the spot.

If you come to a meet and greet and just start, just start speaking Spanish and force me into uncomfortable situations because I'm really committing, I'm public. Here we go. I'm publicly committing here. I'm gonna be learning Spanish and Duolingo and I are spending a lot of time together right now. Um, so yeah, it's, it's really fun and it's been a, and it's a totally different experience when you're learning language, when you want to, as opposed to in high school when I'm like, when am I ever gonna use this girl?

High schoolers are so dumb. Alright, in that note, I have a really, really cool resource I'm excited to share with you guys about today. Um, that is [00:26:00] going to help you for accommodations for a bunch of students and even help you with sub plans as needed. So we are gonna get to that right after this quick break.

Welcome back, teacher besties. So I wanted to share with you guys about a resource. So a long time ago, back when I was like early, early days of building, um, out my brand and all of that, I did a brand deal with this, a AI company. So I guess I, maybe it wasn't that long ago, maybe like two years ago or something.

Um, but the AI company is called Scribe and I really. Really love it. Um, it is a resource that will record your instructions and it will break it into step by step documents. So essentially what it'll do, and it's like, so here's how I used it, and then you guys can see maybe how it might work for you in your classes.

So if I, especially when I was online. We were trying really, really hard during COVID I to make sure that we had [00:27:00] multiple ways of explaining to students how to do stuff, right? So we would, obviously, we would record our lessons and then we would post the videos. But a lot of times kids are like, I'm not reading a gonna watch a 15 minute video.

And so I would have to figure all these different ways that I could help kids know how to do something that might be kind of a complicated. Thing for them, or it might be something that they just have never done before. Right. So like let's say we were writing an essay or something and I wanted them to do some research and there's a ton of steps to get there.

I would use Scribe, which is, I think it's a plugin question mark. So it's a website. So scribe how.com, you go there and it will record what you're saying. So you could just. Talk to your class and describe the steps that you want them to take, and then it will break it into step-by-step guidance for your class, and it will.

Be kind of a flexible, searchable document for those students. So if they get stuck on one of the different steps, then they could use [00:28:00] Scribe to kind of jump in, not on step one where they would have to start, if they would just watch the video, but all the way down on like step 12 and be like, oh, okay, I can't remember how to do this one thing.

Um, could really see this being helpful for math teachers especially. Um, I was always somebody who in class, when the teacher went step by step, I was like, I got it. And then the second I sat down to do it by myself, I'm like. I don't got it right. So I feel like this could be really, really helpful for them as well.

Um, it creates the documents, it creates the steps, it makes it searchable. Um, and this is also super, super helpful if you are working with students who have an IEP and you are required to have some sort of other additional documentation for them, what I would usually do, because. With having kids with different learning abilities and all of that kind of stuff, um, I would always try and make sure that I offer the supports to everyone.

So, although no, not every single kid is required to have like a printout version, step-by-step guidance on how to do the activity for the day. Even [00:29:00] if a kid doesn't have a diagnosis, like maybe they were sick, maybe they were out, maybe they were spaced, maybe they'd had a bad day. You know, there's a million different things, which is why Universal Design for Learning is great because that is the whole premise of like, we're gonna prepare for every type of brain in our class so that regardless of the way your brain works.

It's gonna be a workable classroom for you. And so Scribe is a really good way to do that because it does, it's a, it's a light lift for you as the teacher. Like you hit record, it does it, it creates it for you. Um, but it could be incredibly helpful when you have 40 students and seven were sick last week, and seven others have an IEP, which it never is only seven.

It's like maybe 20 of 'em have an IEP. Um. And you have a parent that wants to know how to do this activity, like all of these different ways. And then you can also take that recording, take that document, and you can also send that home. If it's a big project that you're worried about students not getting done, you can also record it, send it home in [00:30:00] a big like mass email to your parent, to the parents of your students and be like, Hey, here's what we're doing.

Here's step-by-step guidance. Here's the recording of how I explained it and all of that. Because I know for me, every time I'm sitting down with my daughter and trying to work through activities with her and stuff like that, I'm like, okay, I think this is what your teacher wants, but I'm not that confident.

Right. Um, and so this way it's something that you can use to like. Actually support your students and support the parents and all of that kind of stuff. I know it's also used in private companies for different, like training manuals and all of that kind of stuff because it automates kind of some of the more boring and annoying things that, that they have to do.

Um, so whether you're in, you're in private or you're in education, um. It's just a really good resource, so I highly recommend it. I would give it a shot. Um, there's a couple of different AI sources out there too, so if you just searched up, like give me, um, AI software that will break things into step-by-step guidance, then you could probably [00:31:00] do that.

You could probably even do a chat GBT, um, because I do know that chat GBT has the like recording thing on it. Um, so I mean, you could probably do that and just be like, Hey. Here's the video, break it into step by step guidance. But that's a couple extra steps. So, um, it really just me depends on like what you're wanting to do, what resources your school's providing.

I think that the initial is free for scribe, but I think they also have upgraded versions and stuff as well. So, you know, just another way that we can maybe use AI to our advantage and, you know, make. Differentiating for our students. A little bit of a lighter lift for us, if that makes sense. Alright, so guys, I have a bunch of shows coming up and I hope I get to see you at them.

Um, if you do come to a show, by the way, please do tell me if you are a listener of the podcast. I get so excited because, you know, people listening and watching on Instagram and TikTok and all of that is really, really cool. Um. They're spending 60 seconds with me, 60 [00:32:00] seconds plus two to make sure that it's monetized most of the time.

Um, and they're spending time with these characters I've created and all of that. But really when you guys are listening to the podcast, like you're spending time with me, um, you're getting kind of my very raw reaction, my very raw opinion of a lot of stuff. Um, and it is really, really meaningful to me when.

I have people come up and be like, Hey, I love your podcast. So please do make sure that you mention if I see you at any of the shows, um, that you are also a listener of the podcast. And for my patrons especially, um, make sure that you get a picture with me so that way we can make sure we share with the rest of the Patreon community.

And if you wanna join that community, you can do it on patreon.com/those who can read. Um. We are jumping in to new books and having so much fun. And I just posted a couple of free resources on there for our patrons. Only for our patrons. So I think I posted a sub plan that works for any grade. Um, really any secondary grade, elementary, it would be kind of hard for them.

Um, but a sub plan a. Substitute [00:33:00] substitute snitch form is what I'm calling it. It's basically like a doc for this, um, the substitute to fill out. And then the third thing was a documentation guide. So all three things that would be a really great thing for you to have for fall. They're also gonna be included in my book, which is coming out in May, 2026.

Um, I'm gonna have a bunch of free downloads that are gonna be available for. Anyone who buys the book, you're gonna get like a digital download pack of things, different dig digital resources like that, which is really exciting. Um, so stay tuned for that because pretty soon we're gonna start pre-orders and that's gonna be pretty cool.

Um, my goal, I'm just gonna tell you guys 'cause you guys are my, my podcast listener friends. Um, my goal is to make it on the New York Times bestseller list, and that heavily, heavily relies on pre-orders. So if you're somebody who you're like, I definitely know I want the book. Um. Pre-order it so that way we can make it on those lists because that's really how people end up like seeing the book and all of that good stuff.

And really the, the heart of that book is that I [00:34:00] want it to be useful for new teachers and seasoned teachers and everyone in between. I want people to feel like they have. A teacher bestie with them, with that book, whether it be resources or advice or any of that stuff. Um, so stay tuned for that because I'm very, very excited.

It's been a lifelong dream of mine to have a book. Um, so it's called, I think I've told you guys what it's called, right? They never taught us that. Um. I'm really, really excited about that. So stay tuned. Um, and thank you so much for the wonderful listeners who have left reviews, and we have full video episodes up every week on YouTube.

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